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Anthropomorphism in art
Sep 4, 2022
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7 minutes read
Anthropomorphism in art, as anticipated, has a rich and ancient tradition, in fact, among the earliest examples of anthropomorphic figures we find the Löwenmensch ivory statuette, which, dating back to the Upper Paleolithic, that is, approximately 32,000 years ago, depicts a human sculpture having the head of a lion...
Art History
Skyscrapers seen in art
May 25, 2022
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7 minutes read
Skyscrapers have totally disrupted, with their height and grandeur, the contours and skies of our cities, offering us, from the heights of their structures, new and peculiar perspectives on the world. It was precisely these peculiarities that inspired and fascinated the artists of the twentieth century...
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Art: shock news about dripping!
Mar 1, 2023
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9 minutes read
Placing this story within the history of the dripping technique, I begin, for the moment in an understandable way, by talking about Janel Sobel instead of Jackson Pollock, in order to illustrate the life and artistic journey of a painter, who, still under-appreciated, actually drastically changed the fortunes of the art world, as well as the abstract approach of the aforementioned and well-known American master...
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Women of art
Jun 1, 2022
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7 minutes read
Unfortunately, our art historical past has often eclipsed, omitted and concealed the importance, and weight, exerted by the "fairer sex" within it. In this context, it seems necessary to bring to light, and thus to memory, the work of women in the art world, with the purpose of making it finally, or further, visible and recognized...
Art History
Representations of Yom Kippur in Art
Apr 16, 2024
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10 minutes read
The depiction of Yom Kippur in art reveals how artists have captured themes of repentance, redemption, and solemnity through various media, highlighting iconic works such as Maurycy Gottlieb's "Yom Kippur" and Micha's "Jonah." Bar-Am. These works illustrate the deep impact and spiritual significance of the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
Art History
What is kinetic art?
May 11, 2022
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7 minutes read
Kinetic Art, or Programmed Art, was born after World War II in concomitance with the decline of geometric abstraction. It is an artistic current whose purpose is to illustrate the study of the mechanisms of vision, aspiring to a rendering in pictorial and plastic terms of dynamism, optical phenomena and light...

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